Senate panel plans fast track hearing on O'Hare expansion
Washington AP reports Senate Commerce subcommittee chair Sen Jay Rockefeller announced a hearing on expanding and modernizing O'Hare International Airport after meetings with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Sen Dick Durbin. The aim is to speed up aviation runway projects at the nation’s busiest airport, possibly within a month.
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O’hare
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West Virginia Democrat
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Daley
Senate Commerce
Cuba shows openness to buy more U S food says Cargill chief
Cargill Inc. plans to sell as much food as Cuba wants with 25,000 metric tons of American corn already contracted. Illinois Gov George Ryan travels to Havana with drug firm reps to pursue business. Cuban official Pedro Alvarez says purchases could grow if Washington signals willingness to lift financing restrictions, a key hurdle under the embargo. Fidel Castro noted last year’s $35 million in food contracts as a one off.
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Dead birds rain down on Breese in Hitchcock like scene
In Breese Illinois hundreds of dead European starlings cover a yard after poison laced feed was used at farmers' request. JoAnn Thole weighed 117 pounds of birds as her garage became a makeshift morgue. Authorities say the poison was EPA approved and applied where birds feed, amid past similar disputes and legal action over bird poisoning.
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Guns stolen from St. Clair County storage in Belleville theft
St. Clair County investigators seek 144 missing firearms from a courthouse storage room after an East St. Louis man who cleaned the building stole five and was arrested. A worker counted 151 missing, a camera aided an arrest, while authorities search for the rest and outline potential prosecutions.
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